Bel البل | |
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Village | |
  Bel Location of Bel in Syria | |
| Coordinates:36°35′41″N37°11′21″E / 36.5947°N 37.1892°E /36.5947; 37.1892 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo |
| District | Azaz |
| Subdistrict | Sawran |
| Elevation | 472 m (1,549 ft) |
| Population (2004)[1] | 563 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Geocode | C1669 |
Bel (Arabic:البل,romanized: al-Bil) is a village in northernAleppo Governorate, northwestern Syria. Located halfway betweenAzaz andal-Rai, some 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of the city ofAleppo and 7 km (4.3 mi) south of the border to the Turkish province ofKilis, the village administratively belongs toNahiya Sawran inAzaz District. Nearby localities includeSawran 4 km (2.5 mi) to the southeast and Kafr Ghan 4 km (2.5 mi) to the north.
In the 2004 census, Bel had a population of 563.[1] The village is inhabited byTurkmen.[2] In late 19th century, travelerMartin Hartmann noted Bel as a Turkish village of 15 houses, then located in the Ottomannahiyah of Azaz-i Turkman.[3]
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